The Changing Paradigm: Teaching to Learning
Teaching/Learning Dimension |
Teaching Paradigm |
Learning Paradigm |
Degree Equals |
Accumulated Credit Hours |
Demonstrated Skills and Knowledge |
Emphasis |
Coverage of Material |
Achieve Learning Objectives |
Knowledge |
Transferred from Teacher to Student (and Back Without Much Retention) |
Constructed by Student with Teacher Guidance |
Teacher as |
Lecturer |
Designer of Learning Methods and Environments |
Role of Faculty |
Sort and Classify Students |
Develop Student Talents |
Student |
Passive Vessel to be Filled |
Active Discover and Transformer of Knowledge |
Teacher/Student Relationship |
Impersonal and Independent |
Teamwork and Shared Responsibility |
Environment |
Competitive and Individualistic |
Cooperative and Supportive |
Accountability |
Satisfy Chair or Dean |
Assess Outcomes |
Belief |
Any Ph.D. can Teach |
Based upon Conference Report, "Cooperative Learning as a Teaching Alternative," The National Teaching and Learning FORUM, Volume 2, Number l, l992, pg. 2 and presentation by Provost Ron Henry at Georgia State University, 1999.
